One of the significant advantages of listing a property with an agent is the security that the Supra keybox gives. I think that topic was one of my first posts here. With the keybox you don’t have to let every Tom, Dick and Harry into your house that claims they’re an interested buyer. …

For those who thought the record low sales volumes of November and December were bad, hold onto your hat! January is shaping up to be much worse. It’s hard to say how bad because a lot of sales close at the very end of the month, but under 800 units (King County SFR) wouldn’t surprise me. …

I just did a review of 24 Chapter 7 bankruptcy cases filed in Seattle for King and Snohomish counties during January. I did the review solely by name and address, as opposed to looking at the schedules, and thus some of my conclusions might be off by a number or two, but I’m fairly confident in this numbers. …